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婚姻相关表达 

What's your view on love and marriage? / What's your view on dating and marriage?你对爱情和婚姻 / 约会和婚姻的看法是什么？ 

dating 约会 

marriage 婚姻 

marry 结婚 

Maybe it's not as different as some of us thought. 也许没有我们中的一些人想得那么不同。the pressure to get married 结婚的压力 

I am getting so old! Time is running out! 我老了！时间不多了！

in terms of age and timing 在年龄和时间方面 

You should establish your family by the time you are thirty. 你应该在 30 岁之前建立你的家庭。mid-thirties 三十五岁左右 

mid-twenties 二十五岁左右 

late twenties 快三十岁 

the pressure coming from your family, coming from society as a whole 来自你的家庭，来自整个社会的压力 

individualistic 个性化的 

the societal pressure 社会的压力 

It's a combination of pressure and concern. 压力和关心的结合。 

It's universal. 这是普遍的。

恋爱相关表达 

compatible 合适的 

You try out a few times. 你多试几次。 

You need to build experience to really know what you want. 你需要积累经验来真正知道自己想要什么。 

mutual 互相的 

early-stage 初期的 

exclusive 专属的 

No third person. 没有第三者。 

Girls can date a few guys. 女孩可以和几个男孩约会。 

Guys can go on dates with a few different girls. 男孩可以和几个不同的女孩约会。

We are not seeing other people. 我们没有和别人约会。 

DTR(define the relationship) 定义这段关系 

define 诠释，定义 

见父母相关表达 

threshold 门槛 

We are heading towards marriage. 我们是往婚姻的这个方向去的。 

They see it more as a social thing. 他们更多地将其视为一种社交活动。 

It depends on the family. 这取决于家庭。 

meet the parents 见父母 

You found your true love, the person who you would like to spend the rest of your life with. 你找到了你的真爱，那个你愿意与之共度余生的人。 

get down on one knee 单膝下跪 

pop the question 求婚 

Will you marry me? 你愿意嫁给我吗？ 

“像结婚”的相关表达 

Everything else about their relationship is like marriage except for that certificate. 除了那张结婚证之外，他们的关系就像结婚一样。 

de facto relationship 既成事实的关系 

Even though you never legally got married, your relationship is still protected by the law. 即使你们从未在法律意义上结婚，你们的关系仍然受到法律的保护。